Shmelev Surname

55,602nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9,131 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Russia

Shmelev Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shmelev Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia7,8281:18,4112,606
Ukraine8101:56,2018,118
Kazakhstan1441:122,79512,930
Belarus1351:70,37811,484
Kyrgyzstan531:112,69213,225
Uzbekistan381:813,92516,450
United States291:12,498,584473,286
Estonia191:69,56912,771
Israel151:570,50941,023
Transnistria101:47,4707,079
Moldova91:395,70828,721
Canada81:4,605,699220,704
Georgia51:749,10921,598
England51:11,143,612252,590
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Turkmenistan41:1,372,2786,164
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
France11:66,422,722504,397
Finland11:5,496,70284,025

Shmelev Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Shmelev Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Shmelev (Georgian: შმელევი, Russian: Шмелев) is found most in Russia. It may be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Shmelev? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 55,602nd most commonly occurring surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 798,110 people. The last name Shmelev is mostly found in Europe, where 84 percent of Shmelev live; 83 percent live in Eastern Europe and 83 percent live in East Slavic Europe.

This surname is most frequent in Russia, where it is borne by 7,828 people, or 1 in 18,411. In Russia it is most common in: Moscow, where 15 percent live, Moscow Oblast, where 9 percent live and Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, where 6 percent live. Apart from Russia it is found in 26 countries. It is also found in Ukraine, where 9 percent live and Kazakhstan, where 2 percent live.

Shmelev Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is chiefly Orthodox (87%) in Russia, Orthodox (92%) in Belarus, Orthodox (91%) in Kazakhstan and Orthodox (95%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those bearing the Shmelev surname are 14.28% more likely to be registered with the United Russia Party than The US average, with 61.05% being registered to vote for the political party.

Shmelev earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 14.95% more than the national average, earning $49,598 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Shmelev Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Shmelev in the Georgian language
შმელევიshmelevi50
შმელევshmelev50
Shmelev in the Russian language
Шмелевsmelev-

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Footnotes

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